Search Results - infectious disease

Transforming public health practice leadership and management essentials / by Healey, Bernard J., 1947-

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Extinction in our times global amphibian decline / by Collins, James P.

Table of Contents: “…Declining amphibian populations and the biodiversity crisis -- Rallying around the issue of amphibian declines -- Challenges, correlates, and hypotheses -- Introduction species, commerce, and land use change -- Contaminants, global change, and emerging infectious diseases -- Unraveling the mystery -- Amphibian chytrid fungus as a cause of declines and extinctions -- New approaches to doing science and conversation -- Science policy and reacting to a challenge -- Leaping between mysteries.…”
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Public health foundations : concepts and practices /

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Public health foundations : concepts and practices /

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Adverse events associated with childhood vaccines evidence bearing on causality /

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Fast facts for the ER nurse emergency room orientation in a nutshell / by Buettner, Jennifer R.

Table of Contents: “…Tips on surviving ER nursing -- Acid-base imbalances -- Cardiovascular emergencies -- Dental, ear, nose, and throat emergencies -- Disaster response emergencies -- Endocrine emergencies -- Environmental emergencies -- Fluid and electrolyte imbalances -- Gastrointestinal emergencies -- Genitourinary emergencies -- Geriatric emergencies -- Infectious disease emergencies -- Mental health emergencies -- Neurological emergencies -- OB GYN emergencies -- Ocular emergencies -- Orthopedic and wound care emergencies -- Pediatric emergencies -- Respiratory emergencies -- Shock and multisystem trauma emergencies -- Substance abuse and toxicological emergencies -- Triage.…”
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Informing the future critical issues in health.

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Gerontology nursing case studies 100 narratives for learning / by Bowles, Donna

Table of Contents: “…Political, ethical, and legal issues of older adults -- Loss and end-of-life issues -- Mistreatment of older adults -- Depression, addiction, and suicide -- Individual and family dynamics -- The aging sensory system -- Integumentary disorders and infectious disease of the elderly -- The aging musculoskeletal system -- The aging neurological system -- The aging cardiovascular system -- The aging pulmonary system -- The aging endocrine system -- The aging genitourinary system -- Nutrition and the aging gastrointestinal system -- Cancer in the older adult -- Cognitive impairment in the older adult -- Cultural diversity -- Pain management in the older adult -- Sleep disturbances in the older adult.…”
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Oxford American handbook of obstetrics and gynecology

Table of Contents: “…Normal pregnancy : history, examination, anatomy, and physiology -- Pregnancy complications -- Fetal medicine -- Infectious diseases in pregnancy -- Medical disorders -- Labor and delivery -- Postnatal care -- Obstetric emergencies -- Miscellaneous obstetrics -- Psychiatric disorders and substance abuse -- Gynecological history, examination, anatomy, and development -- Normal menstruation and its disorders -- Early pregnancy problems -- Genital tract infections, vaginal discharge, and pelvic pain -- Subfertility and reproductive medicine -- Contraception -- Menopause and urogynecology -- Benign and malignant gynecological conditions -- Miscellaneous gynecology.…”
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Reopening public facilities after a biological attack a decision making framework /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- 2001 attacks and cleanup -- Context of the study and charge to the Committee -- Content and structure -- Infectious disease threats -- Ability of microorganisms to infect people -- Infectious disease as a weapon -- Agents of concern to national security and public health -- Biological agents considered in this report -- Policy precedents in decontamination -- Microbial decontamination in food and water supplies -- Biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories -- Environmental infection control in health care facilities -- Decontamination of U.S. …”
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Irwin and Rippe's intensive care medicine /

Table of Contents: “…Renal problems in the intensive care unit -- section VI. Infectious disease problems in the intensive care unit -- section VII. …”
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A concise manual of pathogenic microbiology by Mishra, Saroj (Saroj K.)

Table of Contents: “…Also included are universal precautions, explanation of commonly used technical terms, and mode of dissemination of infectious diseases. 2. Host-Microbe Interactions; Briefly sums up different lines of host-defenses including resident microbiota, components of nonspecific immunity, and Humoral and cellular immunity. 3. …”
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Field guide to internal medicine / by Smith, David S. (David Scott), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Springer -- Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome / Sandra A. Springer -- Infectious arthritis / N. Christopher Kelley -- Infectious diarrhea / Avlin B. …”
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Public health foundations concepts and practices /

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Clinical handbook for pediatric nursing / by Ball, Jane

Table of Contents: “…Growth and development -- Normal vital signs -- Assessment -- Physical growth charts -- Nutrition -- Average laboratory values -- Health promotion and health maintenance through childhood -- Immunization schedules -- Pain assessment tools -- Poison control information -- Emergency assessment of the child -- Infectious and communicable diseases -- Alterations in fluid and electrolyte function -- Alterations in eye, ear, nose, and throat function -- Alterations in respiratory function -- Alterations in cardiovascular function -- Alterations in immunologic function -- Alterations in hematologic function -- Alterations in cellular growth -- Alterations in gastrointestinal function -- Alterations in genitourinary function -- Alterations in endocrine function -- Alterations in neurologic function -- Alterations in mental health and cognition -- Alterations in musculoskeletal function -- Alterations in integumentary function.…”
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GI microbiota and regulation of the immune system

Table of Contents: “…Noverr -- The damage-response framework of microbial pathogenesis and infectious diseases / Liise-anne Pirofski and Arturo Casadevall.…”
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The Washington manual of critical care /

Table of Contents: “…Hepatic diseases -- section XIII. Gastrointestinal disorders -- section XIV. …”
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Evolving human nutrition implications for public health / by Ulijaszek, Stanley J.

Table of Contents: “…When our brains left our bodies behind: dietary change and health discordance; 7. Nutrition and infectious disease, past and present; 8. Inequality and nutritional health; Part III. …”
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Mollison's blood transfusion in clinical medicine by Klein, Harvey G.

Table of Contents: “…Blood donors and the withdrawal of blood -- Transfusion of blood, blood components and plasma alternatives in oligaemia -- Immunology of red cells -- ABO, Lewis, and P groups and Ii antigens -- The Rh blood group system (and LW) -- Other red cell antigens -- Red cell antibodies against self antigens, bound antigens and induced antigens bound antigens and induced antigens -- Blood grouping techniques -- The transfusion of red cells -- Red cell incompatibility in vivo -- Haemolytic transfusion reactions -- Haemolytic disease of the fetus and the newborn -- Immunology of leucocytes, platelets and plasma components -- The transfusion of platelets, leucocytes, haemopoietic cells and plasma components -- Some unfavourable effects of transfusion -- Infectious agents transmitted by transfusion -- Haemopheresis -- Alternatives to blood transfusion.…”
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